[…] materials about Mormons. He brought out a small and likely unique (3 1/2″ x 5 1/2″) 39 -page pamphlet titled, “Om Mormonerne” (About the Mormons), by S. B. Hersleb Walnum, a “Prison Priest,” published […]
Much has been written about the heroines in Virginia Sorensen’s adult fiction, their real -life counterparts, and inspirations. By contrast, relatively little attention has been given to her male characters and the family figures […]
[…] Gene had an abiding curiosity about things both temporal and eternal, and an awe of creation, both human and divine. He loved fly–fishing as much as he loved poetry. His enthusiasm, whether for tennis […]
[…] that made him an extraordinary prophet and at the same time a flawed and fascinating and opaque human being who almost seemed to have a death wish. I began spending more time reading Shakespeare […]
[…] by revealing the beauty of what Ed wards called “Being in General.” He hypothesized a deeply aesthetic human nature that could not resist beauty and a God so aesthetic that he communicated with humanity […]
[…] years I was involved in an intense “affair” with a woman other than my wife. My long -term affair with Fawn McKay Brodie, literary in nature, involved the research and writing of a book–length […]
[…] the vision or purported vision of the angel Moroni to Joseph Smith on the night of 21 -22 September 1823, announcing the location of the gold plates containing the Book of Mormon. The 1839 […]
[…] their origins. Of course, David feels that I am throwing out the baby with the bathwater. “ Human experience is larger than the physical sciences,” he argues. But replacing everything religious with laws of […]
[…] to the Mexican border” to report on the court trials of three men and three women for polygamy -related charges. Wallace Stegner described Short Creek during this extraordinary moment as “the capital of the world.” […]
[…] bypass surgery. I haven’t quite forgiven her for never letting me see his body and say good -bye. She thought she was protecting me, figured she could manage my grief without my particular input. […]